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the move comes as it looks increasingly unlikely to pass a bill to issue deficit covering bonds. the main opposition parties are against it. the bonds are necessary to implement the budget. government officials say they could run out of money by the end of november unless it's passed. it was scheduled on friday to allocate $27 billion to prefectures and $24 billion to municipalitie municipalities. some tax grants due in september have already been deferred. people in cash strapped municipalities can expect the latest delay to expectinancing and disrupt public services. that's all for me for now. i'll leave you with the markets this tuesday here in asia. >>> the discussion included disputed i in the south china sea. they agree to continue talks to establish a declaration of conduct with their will to resolve the issue peacefully. countries have been asking china to agree to a legal biding code of conduct governing behavior in the disputed region. they have failed to reach substantial progress over the issue. china has been reluctant to establish a code of conduct despite the urgin
the move comes as it looks increasingly unlikely to pass a bill to issue deficit covering bonds. the main opposition parties are against it. the bonds are necessary to implement the budget. government officials say they could run out of money by the end of november unless it's passed. it was scheduled on friday to allocate $27 billion to prefectures and $24 billion to municipalitie municipalities. some tax grants due in september have already been deferred. people in cash strapped...
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s are ringing the alarm on deficit. there were some of them ringing the bell top execs including those but eighty of them total from big u.s. corporations sent congress a letter asking for a sin thimbles type approach to reigning in the u.s. deficit the budget deficit three dollars in spending cuts for each dollar of tax increases what would be the impact of this or other possible scenarios for dealing with the u.s. debt and deficit simon mccaleb edge of ideas capital is here to talk about it and speaking of deficits according to the financial times japan's finance ministry will hold crisis talks with bond dealers tomorrow as politicians there are at odds over a bill that's needed to allow billions more in borrowing to finance the country's deficit sound familiar japan is often brought up when talking about a country the u.s. is ability to run deficits will discuss the lessons for the u.s. and new g.d.p. numbers from the u.k. if you put stock in them they show the countries rebounding from recession growing by one perce
s are ringing the alarm on deficit. there were some of them ringing the bell top execs including those but eighty of them total from big u.s. corporations sent congress a letter asking for a sin thimbles type approach to reigning in the u.s. deficit the budget deficit three dollars in spending cuts for each dollar of tax increases what would be the impact of this or other possible scenarios for dealing with the u.s. debt and deficit simon mccaleb edge of ideas capital is here to talk about it...
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the other thing is that japanese deficits were largely financed domestically our deficits are being significant to the significant measure financed externally and the fed is printing money is monetizing debt so i just don't think that the global situation is such or the united states is not in isolation there's a global slowdown and so everything exists is exacerbated grow. can hard to lot of problems but we don't have that right now. don't think we have a long rope here so either scenario you don't see it ending well it was there or it's the government tries to inflate and transfers wealth in this works or if everybody says hey we're not going to go for this and there is some kind of major market event so the question is how should people meaning average investors average folks think about their investments their savings their nest egg and perhaps readjust their assumptions about what safety is or what where they should be invested in your view. i think that i think that the most important thing is to understand the traditional concepts about diversification and about correlation b
the other thing is that japanese deficits were largely financed domestically our deficits are being significant to the significant measure financed externally and the fed is printing money is monetizing debt so i just don't think that the global situation is such or the united states is not in isolation there's a global slowdown and so everything exists is exacerbated grow. can hard to lot of problems but we don't have that right now. don't think we have a long rope here so either scenario you...
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all he's done is not increase the deficit more than we already have. we should be focusing on, how do e address e decit we already havenot rryi abo whether he gets to revenue neutrality. obama wants us to worry about is he going to blow the deficit up even more. >> kathleen, what were the big whoppers? where did they cross the line? >> the incumbent always overestimates how much the incumbent has accomplished. and so, president obama wants to suggest that there have been more jobs created in net than there have actually been created because he wants us to feel better about the economy than the data would actually warrant. governor romney wants to feature everything that's negative, without acknowledging anything that's positive aut the economy. d if people feare one of those indictments without picking up the other compensatory body of information, they don't have the whole picture. the reality is the economic indicators right now are mixed. and you have a new obama ad on the air that's trying to feature the ones that are positive in order to increase
all he's done is not increase the deficit more than we already have. we should be focusing on, how do e address e decit we already havenot rryi abo whether he gets to revenue neutrality. obama wants us to worry about is he going to blow the deficit up even more. >> kathleen, what were the big whoppers? where did they cross the line? >> the incumbent always overestimates how much the incumbent has accomplished. and so, president obama wants to suggest that there have been more jobs...
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we have a deficit problem. i would ask, why you want to make sure the tax cuts stay there for millionaires and billionaires? i think i would rather have a big bird then making sure that you are making it allowable and profitable for companies to send jobs to china and mexico. >> it is important to hear what my opponent is saying because all we hear are the talking points, big oil, a billionaire, here are the facts. the tax increases she is for are the same increases that in 2009, polo said, why would we want to increase taxes on the job creators in the middle of a recession? what has changed from 2009 until today? we have an election, ladies and gentlemen. >> with the deficit, kevin, a freshman, asks, "with the federal deficit climbing, how the plan and reducing the deficit without burdening the middle-class?" >> that's mine? we put together cut, cap, and balance which would cap the spending. we are spending one trillion more every year. we have to look at the wasteful spending. there is billions of dollars. we
we have a deficit problem. i would ask, why you want to make sure the tax cuts stay there for millionaires and billionaires? i think i would rather have a big bird then making sure that you are making it allowable and profitable for companies to send jobs to china and mexico. >> it is important to hear what my opponent is saying because all we hear are the talking points, big oil, a billionaire, here are the facts. the tax increases she is for are the same increases that in 2009, polo...
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we've been running a deficit of 8 plus inches recently. that deficit is now down to 2.5. one thing tropical systems do is relieve drought conditions but do it too quickly. big circulation. the actual center circulation is up here according to the hurricane center. they're still classifying this with 65 mile an hour winds right around the center. end -- i think that's kind of generous. we have the snow in the mountains especially above 3,000 feet. we could have more than 20 inches of snow. our rain is really coming down here this morning. you can see lots of areas in dark green. not as intense as it was an hour ago. some of the highest elevations, skyline drive, we've been seeing snow up there as well. locally, lighter rain into howard county and especially by the bay now. the heavier showers western prince george through dc, fairfax, easton, manathis. down the petomic it's really coming down. you can see the moderate rain that's going on also across montgomery and frederick counties there and into sterling. things are getting lighter also out to the west in winchester. so
we've been running a deficit of 8 plus inches recently. that deficit is now down to 2.5. one thing tropical systems do is relieve drought conditions but do it too quickly. big circulation. the actual center circulation is up here according to the hurricane center. they're still classifying this with 65 mile an hour winds right around the center. end -- i think that's kind of generous. we have the snow in the mountains especially above 3,000 feet. we could have more than 20 inches of snow. our...
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he said he'd cut the deficit. it hasn't happened. we have someone who is running for president who knows how to bring back jobs. he has the experience. he has the experience and the record nd he knows how to work with democrats and repubicansbls and that's why we need mitt romney to fix what's broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here in front of me. i will talk autos in a way that is straight talk. obama said a few things that, as he said, were "whoppers." he said, you wanted to take those companies through ban kruptcy. it was obama who took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. it was mitt romney who did provide for loan guarantees. every fact-checker who looked has said that barack obama was wrong and was not telling the truth. this is what is most important, with the communities depending on autos. the policies that will be good for the auto industry, for the state of ohio. [applause] he wants sensible regulations, for the auto companies and to make sure we can get the auto companies on their feet and make s
he said he'd cut the deficit. it hasn't happened. we have someone who is running for president who knows how to bring back jobs. he has the experience. he has the experience and the record nd he knows how to work with democrats and repubicansbls and that's why we need mitt romney to fix what's broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here in front of me. i will talk autos in a way that is straight talk. obama said a few things that, as he said, were "whoppers." he...
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and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> hurricane sandy has certainly whipped up all sorts of trouble for people trying to get in and out of the washington d.c. region, no amtrak or marc service. most flights from our three major airports have all been canceled. fox 5's paul wagner joins us live now from union station with the latest there. >> reporter: the news here at union station is not too good. nothing's moving and based on a conversation i had with a spokesperson for amtrak earlier today, things for tomorrow aren't looking so good either. inside union station this afternoon there was no ambiguity on the message boards. it was crystal clear. riding the rails a day after sandy left town was not to be, a fact
and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> hurricane sandy has certainly whipped up all sorts of trouble for people trying to get in and out of the...
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. >> america's winter flip olympics were mired in scandal and deficit. in come mitt romney. >> he turned t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t the one time it's okay for you to miss my show is if that's the only time you can get to a polling place. make sure that voting is your highest priority on election besides, you can always dvr my show. you really cant' dvr the future of the country. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. so vote and vote smart. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." well hurricane sandy has left 2.2 million people without power, and then the lower battery section of manhattan of the waves have gotten up to 11.25 feet. just breaking a record of 1821. >>> mitt romney did run the olympics in salt lake city. >> romney: i worked at bain for 25 years. i left that go off and help save the olympics games. my leadership helped save the olympics from scandal and give our american athletes a chance to be as proud as
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in fact, my first couple years we had half billion dollar budget deficits we were trying to eliminate from our budget. the thought of not only bringing back 30 million that we lost a couple years ago, it's only a small amount compared to what we have had to cut the last couple years and i think everyone has seen the impact of not having enough money for muni, having to close down services vital to our city, not having money to build affordable housing for our police officers, our fire fighters, our nurses, our public health system, i think we all see the benefit of that. >> starchild, you made a comment earlier that you agreed with the supervisor with the exception of the registration fee for all the businesses. is that the only issue that you disagree with or are there other issues that you disagree with? >> that's the only issue. the issue is that we shouldn't be transferring more money from the people of san francisco to the government of san francisco. government has grown so much in recent years and now we're in the middle of an economic downturn when people are hurting. thousand
in fact, my first couple years we had half billion dollar budget deficits we were trying to eliminate from our budget. the thought of not only bringing back 30 million that we lost a couple years ago, it's only a small amount compared to what we have had to cut the last couple years and i think everyone has seen the impact of not having enough money for muni, having to close down services vital to our city, not having money to build affordable housing for our police officers, our fire fighters,...
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and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> more than 8 million people are still without power and need assistance in wake of sandy. right now other states are donating food, supplies, manpower to the northeast, mid- atlantic states affected by the storm. indiana's feed the hungry has a trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of food. electric crews in houston are mobilizing. more than 6,000 national guard forces joining local forces and fema. >> even though it's miles and miles away there are grandmothers, grandfathers, moms, dads, children who are really going to have a tough couple weeks here after the storm passes. >> nothing that feels better than going out there and being where people need help and seeing the look on th
and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> more than 8 million people are still without power and need assistance in wake of sandy. right now other...
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culturally sustainable city and environmentally sustainable, restoring uni, uni has had a structural budget deficit. we need supervisors who are going to have the political will to find the resources to fully fund our mta system. i am looking at a number of options from congestion pricing to a downtown transit tax assessment district to even a local gas tax or a local vehicle license fee so that we can fully fund our uni system and stop fixing the buses with duct tape and have a first-class transit system in san francisco. another way that we can be a leader is to encourage people to get out of the cars and on to bike by developing a 100 percent renewable infrastructure and making green building and agriculture the norm in san francisco. i have been endorsed by the san francisco bay garden and the tenant's union and the lgbt, club and the action for children and many, many more. these organizations know that san francisco needs leaders that can face our issues honestly, without deference to big money. my name is julian, davis and i am running for supervisor in district five and i would be pleased t
culturally sustainable city and environmentally sustainable, restoring uni, uni has had a structural budget deficit. we need supervisors who are going to have the political will to find the resources to fully fund our mta system. i am looking at a number of options from congestion pricing to a downtown transit tax assessment district to even a local gas tax or a local vehicle license fee so that we can fully fund our uni system and stop fixing the buses with duct tape and have a first-class...
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and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> welcome back. you know the storm blew through the capital of maryland yesterday afternoon as well. several stores in annapolis taped up their windows. you see the sandbags piled up there but the harbor did not flood. the surge of the water was actually pushed away from annapolis which tucker said would happen. even when high tide hit around 6:00, the docks were still not under water. they prepared. >> it is called a blowout. the winds pushed the water away. now, we're concerned today because the winds have shifted out of the south and we'll have a a couple of high tides today and the moon was full yesterday and with a good southerly breeze today, we could have flooding issu
and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> welcome back. you know the storm blew through the capital of maryland yesterday afternoon as well. several...
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you spoke about deficit spending a moment ago. look one of the problems we have in this country right now, one of the reasons why we can't get economic growth going more than about 2% is because of the deficit that we're running. deficits have a negative impact on the economy. so long term that isn't a good measure is. again if it was a good idea to go around and basically destroying property to create economic growth why don't we blow up a few cities and we can have a lot of economic growth? the real issue is is that we need productive commerce over time. not replacement commerce but long-term. we're talking about --. melissa: like how, lance. how can we do that? >> we need productive commerce. in the short term we'll get half a percent bump to gdp. long term it's a different issue. melissa: jeff, what do you think is the short or long term way we get the economy rolling again if it is not a big storm like sandy? >> really where does prosperity come from? not from deinstructing things and building them back up. it comes from gett
you spoke about deficit spending a moment ago. look one of the problems we have in this country right now, one of the reasons why we can't get economic growth going more than about 2% is because of the deficit that we're running. deficits have a negative impact on the economy. so long term that isn't a good measure is. again if it was a good idea to go around and basically destroying property to create economic growth why don't we blow up a few cities and we can have a lot of economic growth?...
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> and the most impressive messages are coming from you. >> a natasha barrett has some of the best pictures have seen it coming in today. >> we have been getting pictures all day long from the area. this picture is utah street in arlington. an entire street blocked. this house, the tree just missed our producer's home. virginia state police gave us this picture in loudoun county. look at the yellow sign. that is how much flooding is going on there. first road north in arlington you can see men on the tree. next, a bathroom in d.c. it tree made its
national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america...
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now we are only trailing in the animal deficit by 1.5 inches. -- trailing the annual deficit. ocean city, 7.5 inches, all because of this massive area of low pressure swirling over the eastern half of the country. blizzard warnings continued in garrett county and the mountains of west virginia. below freezing in allegany and garrett county and the cool air is trying to get into the eastern part of the state. rain is possible and it could mix with a wet snow flake or two. the south breeze is bringing in the cooler air. the forecast for the tides around the bay, here are the times again. st. michael's at 6:00, havre de grace almost 11:00 tonight. the tides could be 5 feet above normal when it rolls in. there is a weather system coming in from the west. the futurecast shows this no winding down in the mountains as we go through thursday and finally clearing out with some sunshine for the end of the wakeek. right now the weekend looks decent and a little milder. >> as a result of hurricane sandy, hundreds of thousands of customers were left without power. >> the number stands at a
now we are only trailing in the animal deficit by 1.5 inches. -- trailing the annual deficit. ocean city, 7.5 inches, all because of this massive area of low pressure swirling over the eastern half of the country. blizzard warnings continued in garrett county and the mountains of west virginia. below freezing in allegany and garrett county and the cool air is trying to get into the eastern part of the state. rain is possible and it could mix with a wet snow flake or two. the south breeze is...
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the cooper moderate bipartisan budget that was fashioned after the deficit reduction commission is 4 trillion in savings that is 1.2 trillion in program of comprehensive tax reform that lets them get the three injured billion in revenue that we lost in the recession and it commits to discipline spending levels to the democrats and republicans can agree to together. the fact of the matter is there is too much partisanship. this is an opportunity to come together and i am disappointed my opponent won't sign up north. casey? we have received a number of questions already. it's on the mind of bruce stockman who asks in your time with politics naim one significant achievement that is the result of working with a member of the opposite party. the leadership is going to zero of the loan interest program for broadband. i thought there was a big mistake and i'm going to them and we need this program here in upstate new york it helps education and we've already made up our mind. and when to bring in amendments to the floor of the house of representatives and they said we are not here, aren't y
the cooper moderate bipartisan budget that was fashioned after the deficit reduction commission is 4 trillion in savings that is 1.2 trillion in program of comprehensive tax reform that lets them get the three injured billion in revenue that we lost in the recession and it commits to discipline spending levels to the democrats and republicans can agree to together. the fact of the matter is there is too much partisanship. this is an opportunity to come together and i am disappointed my opponent...
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> heavy rain and southwest of washington. where is sandy? right now outstanding is over pennsylvania, southwest philadelphia, continuing to and overnight it may a bit of a turn. strong winds and power lines and trees down. here's what i see tomorrow when the sun comes up moving out, iis think we will be surprised how branches are down area. the not finished yet. 53 in manassas, it is late at night, it is dark and you cannot is out there, but i think we are in for a rude awakening at daylight tomorrow of theseee the effects high winds. >> the righ
national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america...
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the message from the imf from example is that if you go too fast with deficit reduction, you may make the economy even worse adn so worse than the situation you are trying to cure. the argument is by enforcing strict rules, you make the patients iller. that message will come across loud and clear. the five people met 24 hours ago and made the same case. he agreed with them. when they meet chancellor angela merkel, it will not be an open door. i am sure it will be very polite and a lot of listening. there is no sign of much movement from the german government. >> i do not suppose it helped angela merkel when we look at the employment figures coming out today. not comfortable. >> no, because the argument becomes very, very real if your own economy is slowing down. the figures from germany showed the rate of unemployment remaining the same but the actual number going up a little bit. the movement is in the wrong direction. maybe the economy needs a bit of stimulus. >> thanks very much. a former serbian army chief is appealing his conviction of crimes against humanity and war crimes. it w
the message from the imf from example is that if you go too fast with deficit reduction, you may make the economy even worse adn so worse than the situation you are trying to cure. the argument is by enforcing strict rules, you make the patients iller. that message will come across loud and clear. the five people met 24 hours ago and made the same case. he agreed with them. when they meet chancellor angela merkel, it will not be an open door. i am sure it will be very polite and a lot of...
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when i was mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment. we had 1.1 million people on welfare. we were coming to a -- what was described, one of the reasons i got elected. i got elected because the economy was horrible, had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor so i got elected at the first republican in 25 years, first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got legislated with a very, very simple and direct campaign slogan. you can't do any worse. [laughter] tell me how i could make things worse? 3,000 murders? could unemployment go do 15%. maybe instead of 500,000 people moving out, 600,000 move out. give me a shot and let's see what can happen. my predecessor had done what a lot of people who should never be executives do. he appointed a commission to tell them how to straighten out of economy, but the commission was going to report after the election. the commission did report after the election. a month after while i was getting ready to get sworn in, and they presented 34 #e with thei
when i was mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment. we had 1.1 million people on welfare. we were coming to a -- what was described, one of the reasons i got elected. i got elected because the economy was horrible, had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor so i got elected at the first republican in 25 years, first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got legislated with a very, very simple and direct...
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because we've had to balance massive budget deficits for years, i reform, now requiring multi-year planning, financial1 and savings. to make government more accountable i passed new ethics rules demanding more disclosure by lobbyists and to protect ourt fkétuák creating new green jobsn the process. now, i am proud of whatcgçd wee accomplished together over the past four years, but-2z i do hae opp trying to stop us from moving our neighborhoods forward,#lx$s fighting the north beach library, opposing proota opposig will help the won playground in chinatown. we know how important this election is. neighborhood forward by focusing based politics. now i may not easily fit@óq defined political fashions but i measure my(fz impact by how we e improving people's lives. my values have been strong and consistent.g4g&c @&c"piçg san franciscans first, fighting for our neighborhoods, for ouréu families, for our jobs, so that our city is affordable and open to all.ráhrj why i've ru¿q" evey major endorsement in this race, from the the san francisco democratic pae dianne feinstein and leaénancy
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author, 36 articles, four monographs and 204 professional presentations on adult attention deficit disorder, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, psychopharmacology. hobbies, acting, singing, power walking. brian bowls doyle. >> on the words psychopharmacology, you say, ariel, the psycho pharmacologist is the new drug dealer, like a park avenue drug dealer. is that how people look upon psychopharmacology? >> that's what one of my sources said to me. that's how she views it. i think that's how some people -- they've taken their attitude that they would have had once towards street drugs and transferred it on to prescription pills. >> you mean, they were taking marijuana in high school and then graduated to coke in college, and now they're into park avenue drugs, and they have a psychiatrist so they have a psycho pharmacologist? >> the girl you're speaking of, that's what she said. >> isn't that true in many cases? >> it's true in many cases. i think what's interesting about that particular aspect is one young woman told me she has been taking adderall. she said one time she tried coca
author, 36 articles, four monographs and 204 professional presentations on adult attention deficit disorder, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, psychopharmacology. hobbies, acting, singing, power walking. brian bowls doyle. >> on the words psychopharmacology, you say, ariel, the psycho pharmacologist is the new drug dealer, like a park avenue drug dealer. is that how people look upon psychopharmacology? >> that's what one of my sources said to me. that's how she views it. i...
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department of technology budget have not been because of a lack of performance but the result of budget deficits across the board and i think they have born the massive bruntd of this within the technology world. >> i agree. >> finding number four -- the finding we were asking to react to. another consequence of dt for departments and participate in city wide initiatives and give up operational independence and for this i state that i agree. because other departments haven't had full faith in dt and not willing to give up operational independence. >> i would agree with that and i think that talks about the structural things we were talking about and structural issues and i look forward to the dialogue going forward and i think there are changes to be made here. >> number five and coit policies and changes and not communicated effectively to the mayor and coit and for this i would -- actually i think i partially agree. i would say partially disagree and i state while coit policies and city wide initiatives are communicated clearly there is no follow up or deadlines to carry out policies and initi
department of technology budget have not been because of a lack of performance but the result of budget deficits across the board and i think they have born the massive bruntd of this within the technology world. >> i agree. >> finding number four -- the finding we were asking to react to. another consequence of dt for departments and participate in city wide initiatives and give up operational independence and for this i state that i agree. because other departments haven't had...
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> take a look at some of the pictures sent into us by viewers. there is flooding in the sandbridge section of virginia beach. a flooded creek in sunshine, maryland, as well, and even snow in west virginia. reports of about 18 inches of snow at the most extreme points in west virginia. these photos, you can also e-mail your photos of storm damage to ic@nbcwashington.com. also, on nbcwashington.com, you can report damage on our interactive map. >> weather and traffic on the ones. meteorologist tom kierein has been following sandy, watched sandy mo
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she voted for the wall street bailout and she voted for the deficit. now she wants even more tax breaks for millionaires. congresswoman wilson supports a cap and balance that would require deep cuts to social security and medicare. let me be clear, i will never balance our budget on the backs of our seniors. medicare and social security are not in diamonds. they are a promise that we have made to our seniors and are not entitlements. made to our seniors and i plan to keep it. behalf of the people here. i would appreciate your support. >> i believe in an opportunity for society to have a safety net i am a supporter of the safety net programs that my own family depended upon what i was a child and my father was killed unexpectedly. those kinds of unexpected events is for. congressman heinrich has squandered the last four years in congress. we of 30,000 fewer jobs here in new mexico today than we had four years ago. we have small business is holding back on hiring because they have no idea what their taxes are going to be next year. we have community bank
she voted for the wall street bailout and she voted for the deficit. now she wants even more tax breaks for millionaires. congresswoman wilson supports a cap and balance that would require deep cuts to social security and medicare. let me be clear, i will never balance our budget on the backs of our seniors. medicare and social security are not in diamonds. they are a promise that we have made to our seniors and are not entitlements. made to our seniors and i plan to keep it. behalf of the...
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bid to convince its european partners and investors that it is serious about reducing its imploding deficit so let me get this straight thousands of protesters taking to the streets are unhappy with the direction of their government they're facing occasional clashes with police. seems like an awful lot like the sort of discontent we saw with occupy wall street for some reason the corporate media didn't react the same way when protesters here in the u.s. were upset about high unemployment and government corruption. what started as less than a dozen college students camping out in a park near the new york stock exchange is now hundreds of protesters and it spread to other cities but one of the protesting nobody seems to know this shows you what a slow news day this is to have you get on like that we've got good reviews we don't need this if i were you i would be short version of your kid so what you have you people nervous stone there with their holy there more to. do there that you. would you know you know if you're going to try to need for their talents or even their you know they told me t
bid to convince its european partners and investors that it is serious about reducing its imploding deficit so let me get this straight thousands of protesters taking to the streets are unhappy with the direction of their government they're facing occasional clashes with police. seems like an awful lot like the sort of discontent we saw with occupy wall street for some reason the corporate media didn't react the same way when protesters here in the u.s. were upset about high unemployment and...
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the tea baggers saying the paoeeopl shouldn't depend on fema because they were so interested in their deficit. i think that is terrible because that is one thing that people rely on is the federal government at a time like there. there is a catastrophe for a lot of people. you have a lot of people that have lost everything and they need help. but then you have the republican side that has really denigrated people who need help. they are always talking about people on food stamps, or people taking welfare and denigrating those people. and then you have a lot of callers that call in talking about this person is taking it from us or they should not have it. and you have a lot of people like people that are affected by there storm that are going to need help and i don't know if the federal government is going to be able to come together soon enough to be able to help these people quickly. congress is out and they didn't even do anything about the promise for the drought. so, i think that they just don't care. host: what about privatize iinge response to disaster to make sure that politics and par
the tea baggers saying the paoeeopl shouldn't depend on fema because they were so interested in their deficit. i think that is terrible because that is one thing that people rely on is the federal government at a time like there. there is a catastrophe for a lot of people. you have a lot of people that have lost everything and they need help. but then you have the republican side that has really denigrated people who need help. they are always talking about people on food stamps, or people...
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fellow republicans in the vote for increased revenue as part of a plan with spending cuts to reduce the deficit. late word that the tunnels which feed into new york are now filling with water the subway system is full of salt water into not the tunnels are here is the right to view the rains have resumed on the east coast. we have a wind gust reported at michigan city of 55 mi. per hour waves are up to 12 ft. now at the buoys and if this storm comes west so will our wins on the area will come close the showers get later tomorrow. it will feed into michigan and parts of indiana as well still windy but coming down a little bit as you can see open like wins will vary from 20- gusting to 55 +. waves will build 9-12 ft. up against the shore. that is amazing look at the wind gusts that occurred today on long island. 94 mi. per hour gusts. the colder air will keep feeding into this area. coming up in less than 48 hours from the start of the bulls' season, heinrich hopes to be healthy enough to ♪ free layaway on all the holiday's hottest toys. at kmart. hi. ooh, that's so... i know what you're thinki
fellow republicans in the vote for increased revenue as part of a plan with spending cuts to reduce the deficit. late word that the tunnels which feed into new york are now filling with water the subway system is full of salt water into not the tunnels are here is the right to view the rains have resumed on the east coast. we have a wind gust reported at michigan city of 55 mi. per hour waves are up to 12 ft. now at the buoys and if this storm comes west so will our wins on the area will come...
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy ay pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide whis is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. 6:40 now. sandy is technically no longer a the wind speeds ise died down but the storm packing a punch as it through york city. look of the skyline in new york. you can see the picture we have showing you where a crane was damaged. it has toppled over and is dangling high in the sky above midtown manhattan. that building has power. they shut down power in a lot of because they wanted to avoid problems. let's take another view of new york city and a fire that overnight in lower queens at a breezy point. this as an adult 50 houses. started as a small
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neither of my opponents tax plans would actually address the deficit. we can raise $1.2 trillion of flashes deficit through progressive taxation like we had in the eisenhower years. i will close by saying that our people and our plan, we need actions and we commitment and that's why i ask voters to vote for me on november 6 because real solutions can't wait. >> moderator: ann marie buerkle. buerkle: thank you again for this opportunity. when i ran for office three years ago i made a pledge to the district, it will have to be compact and for. we promise we will be accessible, responsible, accountable and independent. we've had 40 plus town hall meetings. with a 60 mobile download units. we have been, we've met with hundreds of people in its history, farmers, business owners, women, seniors. we have been accessible and would have been accountable to the people. we been responsible with taxpayer dollars to recover budget and her own office by 5% and than 6% this year. we get back at the edit 2011 over $100,000 of taxpayer money back to the general budget.
neither of my opponents tax plans would actually address the deficit. we can raise $1.2 trillion of flashes deficit through progressive taxation like we had in the eisenhower years. i will close by saying that our people and our plan, we need actions and we commitment and that's why i ask voters to vote for me on november 6 because real solutions can't wait. >> moderator: ann marie buerkle. buerkle: thank you again for this opportunity. when i ran for office three years ago i made a...
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the issue is a deficit which is a huge drag long term and the spending of government and a lot of this will depend honestly on who is elected. >> stay with us. first we'll check on the markets to the degree that we can. u.s. futures have been trading in the overnight and morning session. >> currently trading a little bit more than 40 points below fair value. let's show you european markets. a bit higher this morning by good numbers out of ubs and bp. ftse 100 up 35 points. xetra dax up 0.8%. ibex up 0.6%. let's remind you what's going on as far as reinsurers are concerned. impact on hurricane sandy as well. all the big reinsurers are up. this is an expectation maybes wills aren't quite as heavy, but of course if you to get losses, also hardening rates in the long term anyway. an auction coming out of italy today. that's in about an hour or so time. we have three to four billion. might raise more than that. yields just a little lower today, just below 5% for italian. ten year spanish yields, 5.64%. still okay for now for the spanish government. euro-dollar is 1.2929 last wednesday. and
the issue is a deficit which is a huge drag long term and the spending of government and a lot of this will depend honestly on who is elected. >> stay with us. first we'll check on the markets to the degree that we can. u.s. futures have been trading in the overnight and morning session. >> currently trading a little bit more than 40 points below fair value. let's show you european markets. a bit higher this morning by good numbers out of ubs and bp. ftse 100 up 35 points. xetra dax...
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> you would never think this would happen in new york. >> it did. sandy believes part of the big apple in the dark and under water. good morning, washington. it's tuesday, october 30. so many amazing pictures this morning. i am cynne simpson. thanks for waking up with us. >> i am steve chenevey. we will show you more about the next hour. as we update the text decks and look at the storm as a whole the death toll continues to rise but stands at 16. a tragic number. but when you co
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. hand-carved on the side of a cliff is the guoliang tunnel. what?! you've got to be kidding me. [ derek ] i've never seen a road like this. there's jagged rock all the way around. this is really gonna test the ats on all levels. [ derek ] this road is the most uneven surface, and it gets very narrow. magnetic ride control is going to be working hard. the shock absorbers react to the road 1,000 times a second. it keeps you firmly in control. whoa! [ male announcer ] the all-new cadillac ats. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at
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and we facece this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i appro vethis message. >>> our special storm coverage continues now as sandy hits community as cross the eastern seaboard, in queens a fire tore through this block in far rockaway aseaside community, as refighters rushed to rescue people, scaling buildings to bring them to higr ground the fire spread across rooftops and on new york's long island tonight, thousands of people are without power. many of their homes are taking on water as the storm whipped dozens of miles of vulnerable beachfront property. they are used to northeasters this time of year but nothing like this megacoastal storm. ron claiborne in longbeach, new york in a midst of a blackout. he joins us s by phone. n, what is the latest? >> r
and we facece this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i appro vethis message. >>> our special storm coverage continues now as sandy hits community as cross the eastern seaboard, in queens a...
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and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. i'm mitt romney, in v virginia, we know education means opportunity. that's why tim kaine expanded pre-k... championed higher ed and job training... helping make virginia "the best state to raise a child." but george allen has not made our kids a priority. as governor, he tried to cut funding for public schools. in washington, allen voted to end tax deductions for college tuition. and now, a budget plan that devastates k-12 classrooms-- all to pay for even more tax breaks for the wealthy. afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a qualifying pnc performance select checking account and e
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established, they have an agenda with more significant things, like tax policy and like policy on the deficits. so, i think there's going to be -- we are going to have a wait a good period longer before we get any action on this. then there is the implementation delay. i'm just talking about when somebody puts out an idea, which has to be challenged and fought and debated. then you get something passed and you have implementation. after all, think of where we are in terms of implementation on dodd frank or obama care. i'm very pessimistic about when we get resolution. >> i'm ryan kennedy a student at harvard business school and harvard kennedy school. you started the remarks talking bout the euincredible political influence fannie mae and freddie mac had before their conservatorship. as we think of the entities that will follow, how do we think of creating the appropriate amount of political insulation against lobbying when it comes to capital requirements or appropriately pricing in the government guarantees? >> that is a real struggle. i can tell you that during my ti time, during the conser
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and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. i'm mitt romney, we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to take care of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. hey! hey, baby. [ starts car ] were you eating smoked sausage in here? no! no. could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin' donuts' smoked sausage breakfa
and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. i'm mitt romney, we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt...
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depr
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national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than a witch in a broom factory. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> from sappedy's landfall to sandy's wicked aftermath, here are today's "top lines," now the political storm. >> the good news is we will clean up and we will get through this. >> we have heavy hearts a
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and finally today my observation on the impact of sandy on america's discussion about our debt and deficit. the latest hard numbers show over 8 million people are still without electricity across 18 states as we speak. many of those states densely populated in the united states. while this was a freak storm, it's demonstrated that when our outdated power grid is tested, it fails. now, of course, we cannot control such things as the weather, so let's focus on what we can control. how we can improve our infrastructure like our power grid. to me this storm and the massive power failure should be a clarion call to address our antiquated grid to better withstand such uncontrollable events and to do this, once again, it comes down to reining in the fast growing $16 trillion debt the united states is currently saddled with. that total growing by more than $1 trillion over year. that kind of burden on america, there is little wiggle room for unforeseen events such as hurricane sandy. and think about this. we managed to accumulate this debt and run an annual $1 trillion
and finally today my observation on the impact of sandy on america's discussion about our debt and deficit. the latest hard numbers show over 8 million people are still without electricity across 18 states as we speak. many of those states densely populated in the united states. while this was a freak storm, it's demonstrated that when our outdated power grid is tested, it fails. now, of course, we cannot control such things as the weather, so let's focus on what we can control. how we can...